Cinema's First Nasty Women
@nastysilents.bsky.social
Cinema’s First Nasty Women is a 4-disc DVD/Blu-ray set featuring rarely-seen silent films about feminist protest, slapstick mayhem, and suggestive gender play. https://wfpp.columbia.edu/cinemas-first-nasty-women/
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Rewriting Women Back Into Film History (Published 2022)
In shorts from the early 20th century, the stars defy gender stereotypes that would later be standard in Hollywood, as a museum series and box set make clear.
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In honor of @manohladargis.bsky.social joining Bluesky, we're sharing our *proudest moment* in the history of Cinema's First Nasty Women, which is when she wrote this brilliant, generous, and galvanizing review in the NY Times!! 🥰🎞️🎉📀
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The cat is out of the bag! Cinema's First Nasty Women will return to @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social in Jan 2026, where we first launched this whole shebang!! BREAKING PLATES AND SMASHING THE PATRIARCHY will screen with 3 short films by @karenpearlman.bsky.social! 🎊
www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/cinem...
www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/cinem...
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The cat is out of the bag! Cinema's First Nasty Women will return to @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social in Jan 2026, where we first launched this whole shebang!! BREAKING PLATES AND SMASHING THE PATRIARCHY will screen with 3 short films by @karenpearlman.bsky.social! 🎊
www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/cinem...
www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/cinem...
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Had to cancel plans to attend the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, but at AFISilver … for a collection of silent shorts.
“Breaking Plates and Smashing Patriarchy” 🙄 … is 10 shorts from 1903 to 1913 about rebellious women preceded by a contemporary 20-minute docudrama.
“Breaking Plates and Smashing Patriarchy” 🙄 … is 10 shorts from 1903 to 1913 about rebellious women preceded by a contemporary 20-minute docudrama.
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Had to cancel plans to attend the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, but at AFISilver … for a collection of silent shorts.
“Breaking Plates and Smashing Patriarchy” 🙄 … is 10 shorts from 1903 to 1913 about rebellious women preceded by a contemporary 20-minute docudrama.
“Breaking Plates and Smashing Patriarchy” 🙄 … is 10 shorts from 1903 to 1913 about rebellious women preceded by a contemporary 20-minute docudrama.
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The 4th edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour is coming! Valentine's Day weekend, Februray 12-15, 2026. ❤️🎞 Many more details to come soon! Follow us on social media, and sign up for our email updates at archivesonscreen.org!
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The 4th edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour is coming! Valentine's Day weekend, Februray 12-15, 2026. ❤️🎞 Many more details to come soon! Follow us on social media, and sign up for our email updates at archivesonscreen.org!
November 13, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This week Léontine will be in two places at once!!! Catch her at AFI Silver for the Silent Cinema Showcase AND UN-Reno for the Feminist Comedy Confab. (No plates unbroken, no patriarchy unsmashed....)
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events.unr.edu/event/femini...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This week Léontine will be in two places at once!!! Catch her at AFI Silver for the Silent Cinema Showcase AND UN-Reno for the Feminist Comedy Confab. (No plates unbroken, no patriarchy unsmashed....)
events.unr.edu/event/femini...
silver.afi.com/movies/detai...
events.unr.edu/event/femini...
silver.afi.com/movies/detai...
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I'm excited for this FEMINIST COMEDY marathon at UN-Reno on Fri!! I'll be presenting some new research on archival cinema, followed by a @nastysilents.bsky.social screening of "Breaking Plates & Smashing the Patriarchy"! Come for the comedy, stay for the comradery. 🎞🧯
events.unr.edu/event/femini...
events.unr.edu/event/femini...
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I'm excited for this FEMINIST COMEDY marathon at UN-Reno on Fri!! I'll be presenting some new research on archival cinema, followed by a @nastysilents.bsky.social screening of "Breaking Plates & Smashing the Patriarchy"! Come for the comedy, stay for the comradery. 🎞🧯
events.unr.edu/event/femini...
events.unr.edu/event/femini...
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Join us for Feminist Influences: An Online Roundtable (Feb 12, 5PM EST) — featuring brilliant voices in feminist film and media studies!
@hennefem.bsky.social @shelleystamp.bsky.social
@hennefem.bsky.social @shelleystamp.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Join us for Feminist Influences: An Online Roundtable (Feb 12, 5PM EST) — featuring brilliant voices in feminist film and media studies!
@hennefem.bsky.social @shelleystamp.bsky.social
@hennefem.bsky.social @shelleystamp.bsky.social
Starting tonight!!! Breaking Plates & Smashing the Patriarchy will be on all week at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in their Silent Cinema Showcase!! 🎊🎞️🎶🌪️ @physicaltv.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Starting tonight!!! Breaking Plates & Smashing the Patriarchy will be on all week at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in their Silent Cinema Showcase!! 🎊🎞️🎶🌪️ @physicaltv.bsky.social
silver.afi.com/movies/detai...
silver.afi.com/movies/detai...
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Thanks everyone who came to our #SilentFilm screening of 7th Heaven at the Heights Theater -- w/ *rhapsodic* music by The Poor Nobodys!! 🎶😍
Stayed tuned to @archivesonscreen.org for announcements, including the full line-up for Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour (Feb 12-15, 2026)! 🎞📽
archivesonscreen.org
Stayed tuned to @archivesonscreen.org for announcements, including the full line-up for Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour (Feb 12-15, 2026)! 🎞📽
archivesonscreen.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Thanks everyone who came to our #SilentFilm screening of 7th Heaven at the Heights Theater -- w/ *rhapsodic* music by The Poor Nobodys!! 🎶😍
Stayed tuned to @archivesonscreen.org for announcements, including the full line-up for Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour (Feb 12-15, 2026)! 🎞📽
archivesonscreen.org
Stayed tuned to @archivesonscreen.org for announcements, including the full line-up for Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour (Feb 12-15, 2026)! 🎞📽
archivesonscreen.org
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A lost film rises from the deep! 🌊 Maurice Tourneur’s THE WHITE HEATHER (1919), newly restored after being presumed lost, shimmers back to life. 🎬 Watch the clip here, then stream the full film for free at SFFP’s site.
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#SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #SilentFilm #FilmSky
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#SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #SilentFilm #FilmSky
“The White Heather” (1919) | 2025 Restoration Clip | San Francisco Film Preserve
Watch the complete, newly restored silent film, featuring a new score by the renowned Stephen Horne, on San Francisco Film Preserve’s website: https://filmpreserve.org/restoration/the-white-heather/
“The White Heather,” directed by Maurice Tourneur. Starring: Holmes Herbert, Mabel Ballin, Ben Alexa
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November 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
A lost film rises from the deep! 🌊 Maurice Tourneur’s THE WHITE HEATHER (1919), newly restored after being presumed lost, shimmers back to life. 🎬 Watch the clip here, then stream the full film for free at SFFP’s site.
www.youtube.com/watc...
#SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #SilentFilm #FilmSky
www.youtube.com/watc...
#SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #SilentFilm #FilmSky
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Tonight's the night!
7th HEAVEN, with live accompaniment by The Poor Nobodys, at the beautiful Heights Theater at 7:30 PM!
heightstheater.com
7th HEAVEN, with live accompaniment by The Poor Nobodys, at the beautiful Heights Theater at 7:30 PM!
heightstheater.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Tonight's the night!
7th HEAVEN, with live accompaniment by The Poor Nobodys, at the beautiful Heights Theater at 7:30 PM!
heightstheater.com
7th HEAVEN, with live accompaniment by The Poor Nobodys, at the beautiful Heights Theater at 7:30 PM!
heightstheater.com
Following AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend... (in case there are any dishes or patriarchies unbroken), you are invited to join Cinema's First Nasty Women for a rousing revue of BREAKING PLATES & SMASHING THE PATRIARCHY!
Nov 10-13: 10 films, 4 screenings, total mayhem.
silver.afi.com/movies/detai...
Nov 10-13: 10 films, 4 screenings, total mayhem.
silver.afi.com/movies/detai...
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Following AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend... (in case there are any dishes or patriarchies unbroken), you are invited to join Cinema's First Nasty Women for a rousing revue of BREAKING PLATES & SMASHING THE PATRIARCHY!
Nov 10-13: 10 films, 4 screenings, total mayhem.
silver.afi.com/movies/detai...
Nov 10-13: 10 films, 4 screenings, total mayhem.
silver.afi.com/movies/detai...
Brilliant recap of the Giornate del Cinema Muto in Pordenone by HippFest director Alison Strauss!! (Thanks for the shout-out to our "fun, richly illustrated, and snappy" lecture on nasty women costume design!) 🎞️❤️
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hippfest.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/d...
Defiance and solidarity at the 44th Pordenone Silent Film Festival
HippFest Festival Director Alison Strauss recounts her recent trip to Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, featuring various programme favourites…
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November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Brilliant recap of the Giornate del Cinema Muto in Pordenone by HippFest director Alison Strauss!! (Thanks for the shout-out to our "fun, richly illustrated, and snappy" lecture on nasty women costume design!) 🎞️❤️
hippfest.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/d...
hippfest.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/d...
trick or treat!!! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
trick or treat!!! 🎃
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It’s a superb collection at a ridiculously low price
October 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It’s a superb collection at a ridiculously low price
October 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Build your #PhysicalMedia collection for #SilentMovieDay!
Kino Lorber's Fall Sale includes more than 40 silent films + collections — from Cinema's First Nasty Women and Buster Keaton to Pioneers of African-American Cinema and NOSFERATU.
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www.kinolorber.com/collection/f... #FilmSky
Kino Lorber's Fall Sale includes more than 40 silent films + collections — from Cinema's First Nasty Women and Buster Keaton to Pioneers of African-American Cinema and NOSFERATU.
List in alt text
www.kinolorber.com/collection/f... #FilmSky
September 30, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Build your #PhysicalMedia collection for #SilentMovieDay!
Kino Lorber's Fall Sale includes more than 40 silent films + collections — from Cinema's First Nasty Women and Buster Keaton to Pioneers of African-American Cinema and NOSFERATU.
List in alt text
www.kinolorber.com/collection/f... #FilmSky
Kino Lorber's Fall Sale includes more than 40 silent films + collections — from Cinema's First Nasty Women and Buster Keaton to Pioneers of African-American Cinema and NOSFERATU.
List in alt text
www.kinolorber.com/collection/f... #FilmSky
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also, la grève des nourrices (1907) -- in our nasty women collection!
October 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
also, la grève des nourrices (1907) -- in our nasty women collection!
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Someone should, IMO, put together a Blu-ray set, something akin to the @nastysilents.bsky.social collection, for these films. It'd be really helpful for teaching to have high quality versions all in one place and I think there'd be general interest too.
Do folks have recommendations for early cinema that features topics related to climate change? I'm hoping to put together a collection of short films for Thursday's class.
October 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Someone should, IMO, put together a Blu-ray set, something akin to the @nastysilents.bsky.social collection, for these films. It'd be really helpful for teaching to have high quality versions all in one place and I think there'd be general interest too.
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If you (like many) are a fan of Valerio Greco's *beautiful* photography, please show your appreciation and share your love by buying him a coffee!!! 😍📸☕
buymeacoffee.com/silentvalerio
buymeacoffee.com/silentvalerio
Valerio Greco is a Silent Film Nerd and a Photographer
Ciao 👋 Se ti sono piaciuti i miei contenuti e vorrai offrirmi un caffè - o come direbbe l'agente speciale Dale Cooper “A damn fine cup of coffee” - per sostenere i miei progetti, te ne sarei grato! ❤️
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October 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If you (like many) are a fan of Valerio Greco's *beautiful* photography, please show your appreciation and share your love by buying him a coffee!!! 😍📸☕
buymeacoffee.com/silentvalerio
buymeacoffee.com/silentvalerio
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Help identify unknown silent films!!! 🎞️⁉️ So far 6 out of 14 of this year's SINE NOMINE selections have been identified beyond a doubt. Take a look and add your theories/inklings in the comments section... ❤️
www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/sine-nomi...
www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/sine-nomi...
SINE NOMINE
www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it
October 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Help identify unknown silent films!!! 🎞️⁉️ So far 6 out of 14 of this year's SINE NOMINE selections have been identified beyond a doubt. Take a look and add your theories/inklings in the comments section... ❤️
www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/sine-nomi...
www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/sine-nomi...
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How Hungary’s Film Heritage Rose From its Ashes: Inside a Model of Movie Preservation and National Cinema Revival: variety.com/2025/film/gl...
How Hungary’s Film Heritage Rose From its Ashes: Inside a Model of Movie Preservation and National Cinema Revival
How Hungary’s NFI rebuilt film heritage from scratch: film archive, lab and film fund unite to restore, digitize and share classics globally.
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October 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
How Hungary’s Film Heritage Rose From its Ashes: Inside a Model of Movie Preservation and National Cinema Revival: variety.com/2025/film/gl...